#DCA559#DCA559

#DCA559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA559
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 12.10, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 48.21, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0323 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.114 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7760, 42.8503, 15.3619)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA559 #5990DC

analogous

#DC6359 #DCA559 #D1DC59

triadic

#DCA559 #59DCA5 #A559DC

tetradic

#DCA559 #59DC63 #5990DC #DC59D1

square

#DCA559 #59DC63 #5990DC #DC59D1

split-complementary

#DCA559 #59D1DC #6359DC

monochromatic

#9A6720 #CD892B #DCA559 #E7C08C #F1DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DCA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#DCA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA559

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA559	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf8a',
    500: '#dca559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca559;
$custom-light: #eabf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA559

secondary

#AFC4E1

accent

#64CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA559

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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